NEWS | March 2017

Monday, March 13, 2017

PINKS Documentaries In NYC 2017 (연분홍치마 뉴욕 상영회)

PINKS (from Korea) Documentaries In NYC 2017 (연분홍치마 뉴욕 상영회) - April 1 (Saturday) - April 4 (Tuesday)
- Four days of New films from Korea - and Talks with Directors

For the first time in New York, a series of documentary films from Korea addressing issues rarely seen by American audiences. Films on LGBTQ and Workers’ struggles, a feminist fashion designer, and the tragedy of state violence against citizens over gentrification, these films represent the range of struggles that Koreans have been facing, and give some insight into a society that is currently wrestling with a presidential impeachment, bribery scandals, neoliberal labor policies, turmoil over U.S.military actions and a still tense situation with the northern half of the peninsula. Seven of the eight films presented are from PINKS: Solidarity for Sexually Minor Cultures and Human Rights! (http://pinks.or.kr/) an activist collective in Korea.

These seven documentaries were made in pursuit of the truth behind the state of sexual minorities’ rights that are being denied or worsened due to the Korean government’s stances against democratic values and human rights, as well as the scenes of people’s right to life threatened and workers’ rights violated by the state by documenting the stories of struggles of these Korean people standing up against the oppressive system. We believe that this screening will inspire the sexual minorities and people of the United States to find their own ways of resisting and building solidarity in their lives.